Marketing Communications Lead Jobs

Job Title: Marketing Communications Lead Analyst

Location: 100% Remote

Duration: 7 Months

Pay Rate: $43.17/hour

** candidates must have reliable internet connection and work EST hours

Duties

• The Project Manager works in partnership with the Account Supervisor/Director to help identify the project plan, estimate cost/timing, and manage the creative development to meet business expectations of quality, turnaround time and budget.
• Must uphold the highest level of client communications, always evaluating communications through the lens of building the client relationship.
• Must ensure simple, clear, effective, and efficient delivery of consistent and respectful communication to individual customer audience, in keeping with overall brand standards so that all efforts help improve client’s ability to stand out in the marketplace.
• Working as part of the Client Services function within Creative, the project manager is an integral part of the team that helps ensure clients view us as their partner of choice for creative work by ensuring an easy experience when working with us and by delivering smart marketing communications that meet the business and communications goals.

Responsibilities:

• Commit to and exemplify our agency values (Intrinsically Motivated + Resourceful, Amazing +Awesome, Inspired + Enlightened, Passionate + Curious, Smart + Constructively Dissatisfied, Disciplined + Resilient)
• Keep project status reporting tool updated in real-time
• Work with other Client Services team members (Account Supervisors and, at times, the Account Director) to help develop project proposals/SOWs and creative briefing documents including message direction, in preparation for communications creation and production
• Work with the team to review creative prior to being shared with clients to quality control.
• Develop and manage project estimates and timelines for all projects; contribute to monthly billing meetings to ensure proper charge-back to partners
• Coordinate with external production vendors, as needed, to ensure the end creative product will meet production specifications
• Track and report estimated vs. actual costs. Provide revised estimates when project scope changes.
• As part of the Client Services team, assist in the planning and development of appropriate communications solutions to meet business communications goals
• Manage projects from start to finish including creative development, internal/client reviews, proofreading, translation, and production.
• Craft and track detailed project schedules to ensure on-time delivery.

Skills:

• Strong relationship management skills: the ability to foster collaboration
• Superior oral and written communication skills
• Detail oriented
• Ability to work effectively in a dynamic, matrix-oriented environment
• Solid critical thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to navigate competing priorities in a fast-paced, high-volume environment
• Experience working with creative and digital teams and setting expectations for deliverables. Ability to proactively manage resources.
• Proven understanding in project management fundamentals.
• Ability to understand and manage direct mail or email marketing matrix. Ability to manage many versions associated with that matrix.

non-negotiable skills:

• Detail oriented, excellent communicator, proactive problem solver

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent training
• Ad agency experience preferred.
• Minimum 3 years project management experience